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Setup Support For Compete

The application sci.exe, “Setup Support For Compete Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from cfast1.us.
Product:
Setup Support For Compete

Description:
Setup Support For Compete Setup

MD5:
727d9f7d83cb3b73f96d5ac2264b5e38

SHA-1:
db4250dfa8548d873593fcb53b548983d401fcfe

SHA-256:
2ca872692cb41ba6c60bb6845bcf9df72542c13fa1b3432eff7ce7763655cb01

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 11:01:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete.Setup.Installer.Meta (M)
16.7.2.10

File size:
893.6 KB (915,021 bytes)

Copyright:
032016013430

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\sci.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/16/2015 6:24:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JxGcfgkwahk0jGIlslvDdOb9fngmQ95cKtg+DWfrNJdNnpyvAf:CJ0DiIGZdObFng/5PtKfHAvAf

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 34, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 1E, D8, FF, FF, E8, 6D, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 33, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 54, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.8925

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file sci.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cfast1.us/sci.exe

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